Saturday, December 25, 2010

Today is December 25, 2010 and much of the world is in the midst of Holiday celebrations. As we complete the final days of 2010 with family, friends and great food everyone at Merrow wishes our extended family around the world our best wishes.

It has been a wonderful year, and many of you have made it so successful. We will begin work on 2011 in earnest soon enough, right now is a time to say thank you.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

When you visit a Merrow Machine web page, you'll find helpful video along with technical specs, stitch images, and model specific hints. Simply click the icon in the â€œVideoâ€ section and a short movie will start playing that you can watch to gain valuable information regarding the machine you are interested in - you can also direct customers to it in order to see the machine as it sews! If you want to put the video on your website, contact us and weâ€™ll send you the file and help you embed it on your own Merrow Machine page! Merrow is committed to helping agents market Merrow Machines, and video is a convenient way for our agents to reach customers!

3. Hemming - the Merrow 2D series machines were once the industry standard hemming machines, and have since been replaced with inexpensive japanese and chinese alternatives. The Merrow 2D machines continue to be the most refined and most reliable for industrial hemming

In order to create great emblems you also need to have the needle and lower looper thread. There is quite a wide variety of opinion that exists concerning what one should use in the needle and lower looper - we won't even begin to try and settle the argument - but we will let you know that if you'd like a stitch sample that shows different types of emblem edges, all you need to do is call. Perhaps if it would be of interest we'll post a selection on the blog.

When a large construction company approached Merrow about joining one of the components in their green roofing system, we knew immediately the machine they needed. The problem: they needed a strong but flexible way to join dense weave, water permaeable filter material. The solution: the Merrow 70-D3B-2 LS. The 70-D3B-2 LS produces a permanent locked stitch (made with two threads) that can withstand the stress of being sandwiched between two layers of uneven material (soil and drainage fleece) without compromising the integrity of the seam or the permeability of the material. Merrow sewed off a sample of the actual filter fabric the client would be installing and shipped their 70-D3B-2 LS calibrated to sew flawlessly.

One think I particularly liked about this issue was that it focused on one of the reasons we've been so successful in the Textile Finishing space and it gives a nice directed shout out to our OEM partners.

The relationship with OEMs is often tricky - and at Merrow we've decided that the most productive way to define our own value to to include as much information about the implementation options as possible - and then do what we do well and publish it online.

For instance

Pugi has a completely Battry Powered Industrial Sewing Table. It's pretty cool - just plug it in at night and roll it around the factory during the day. It's like the Prius of Sewing Tables.

Monti and Pugi both offer very different but effective Tubular Knit Seaming Solutions. This is a tough problem and both companies have done a bang-up job solving it.

We have a new cutting solution for the automatic seaming of fabrics courtesy of Birch. We should name it the 'intimidator' ... picture a circular cutting blade attached to the front of the Merrow machine running down the railway on it's own. Happy Halloween!

-For years Merrow has worked to develop solutions with great companies. Our 3rd party equipment providers (or OEM) are among the most sophisticated and capable in the industry. They create tremendous value for customers by simplifying the sewing process. Examples of some recent developments are the Battery Powered stations, the rail based rotary cutting blades with optical controls and automated tubular knit seaming! See some of our OEM partners at Merrow.com

"Merrow builds a great sewing machine, and combined with all of the OEM equipment from their partners - Merrow offers an unbeatable solution for anyone who is considering the cost of sewing. I've been able to automate half of the plants i work with and each one is saving money after the install. We sew their fabric well, and we simplify the way they do it. No one offers solutions like the Merrow OEM partners."
Merrow Agent Brian K. Sanchez

Call us any time: 800-431-6677

(Top) In each Frame we're showing an example of products offered by Merrow OEM partners. In the first (from top right going clockwise) we have the Battery Powered table built in Italy by Pugi. Second is a railway built in Germany by Schweizer. Third is a green frame, and fourth is a fully automated sewing station built by Birch in the USA.

* With all Merrow OEM products, calling us first is a great idea. We will be more than happy to provide marketing information, customer references and options for purchasing and shipping equipment.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

*Cannot be combined with any other offers or discounts. If
you have any questions, please call 1-800-431-6677 or email us at sales@merrow.com.

The Factory Refurbished M-3U Station.

The Merrow M-3U is designed to sew the edge of emblems, producing the traditional Merrow Emblem Edge. The Emblem Station includes all of the equipment needed to get started sewing emblems. This line of factory refurbished equipment is built on the assembly line along with all new Merrow products.

VIDEO:

In 2008 Merrow began selling a factory refurbished model of its industry standard M-3U. These Sewing Machines are hand built on Merrow's assembly line in Fall River,MA and include less than 6% reconditioned parts. They are effectively new sewing machines: tested and sewn off after assembly with the same rigorous standards Merrow uses for all sewing machines built in Fall River, MA. The Refurbished M-3U carries the same warranty as all new machines. It is provided by Merrow: 'to reduce the overall cost of owning and operating Merrow Sewing Machines without compromising performance'. Please call Merrow if you have any questions or concerns about the refurbished line of machines.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

We've spent the past couple of months asking our resellers (agents) what we could do to improve how we marketed and presented Merrow products to the world. The answer was generally -- 'GET US INFORMATION ... '

So we're starting with the place to get that information:

The agent dashboard is a place for Merrow agents to see pricing, product information and download marketing material. We have a slew of new content that we'll be rolling out first in the reseller section and then by email announcement.

As always please send an email to nate@merrow.com if you have any questions (or would like a login)

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

We've been working this month on the re-release of our nine styles of sewing machines dedicated to the joining fabric together in a continuous process.

Over the years we've been gathering information from customers about the hundreds of material types that Merrow Machines are sewing, and with the help of dozens of agents and end-users, we've standardized Merrow's 70 and 72 class line to address the most common material types.

Note that almost all of these machines have been available as custom orders in the past - the difference is that now we will keep them in stock and start new custom builds FROM each of these baselines.

We hope you enjoy the new content, please let us know if we've missed something important!

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Nate has spent the week working out his inner spielberg - and i think the results are pretty damn impressive. Above is the 1 minute promotional video for the 70 class machines - you can view all of the videos browsing through the machine pages (go to the home page and click through the machines)
In the mean time some well deserved congratulations to Mr. Murray.

Friday, August 27, 2010

The Merrow 72-D3B-2 industrial sewing machine is designed to sew a consistent and flat butted seam on knit fabric. Specifically suited for tubular knits, the 72-D3B-2 can also be configured to sew a wide range of textiles. Like all 72-Class Merrow machines, it incorporates an extended feed system and specially designed cutters that allow the consistent movement of sewn material across the cutting surface. The 72-D3B-2 is hand assembled using high quality steel parts within the traditional Merrow cast iron frame, ensuring a perfect butted seam, even after years of use.

The 72-D3B-2'S specially designed feed system uses an elongated presser foot,

forward positioned cutters, and an extra feed dog to ensure a perfect butted